On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 17:38 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> My T61 has the Nvidia Quadro NV140M video card. I tested the x86_64
> live dvd and installed the x86_64 DVD. This message covers
> platform-specific issues that I encountered.
>
> Live DVD:
>
> - The DVD won't boot into X. If I boot to runlevel 3 and attempt to
> system-config-display, there are two problems.
>
> (1) The Monitor section of xorg.conf is missing.
> (2) The nv driver hangs with a black screen. The keyboard is still
> functional and I can reboot with <CTRL>-<ALT>-<F1> <CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL>.
>
> Hand-editing xorg.conf to create a Monitor section and using the vesa
> driver restores X functionality.
An X log from the failed nv startup would be helpful here.
> - X server doesn't terminate on logout--I have to <CTRL>-<ALT>-<BKSP> to
> kill it.
This was a bug I inflicted with a particular libICE/libSM combination.
It should be fixed now, I hope.
> - Suspend doesn't work at all. Select Suspend from the power applet and
> the machine starts to suspend, the light comes on, then the light goes
> off and the machine is live, except that the display is black. I can
> reboot as above.
As always, suspend on nv graphics chips is a disaster.
- ajax